I-Phagwah, okanye i-Holi, ibhiyozo yamaHindu ye-Indo-Caribbean yonyaka omtsha. Njalo entwasahlobo, ngeCawe emva kwenyanga yokuqala yoHlameni, i-Phagwah ibeka iitrato njengabantwana kunye neentsapho "imibala" kunye nedayi ( abrac ) kunye ne-powder kwaye ixoshe ama-grays asebusika. Umoya-kunye ne-high-jinks - zinjengezo zeCarnival. (Qaphela - akukho dye okanye ipowder evunyelwe esitalato okanye kwindlela, kwipaki.)
I-Phagwah Parade e-Richmond Hill, i-Queens, iyona mthendeleko omkhulu eNyakatho Melika.
Izikhokelo ukuya kwiPargwah Parade
Thatha izithuthi zikawonkewonke uze uzigcinele intloko. Ukupaka kuncinci kummandla.
- Inqwelo : Van Wyck kuLiberty Avenue iphuma okanye iAtlantic Avenue iphuma (bhetele). Intloko yeNtshona ngasentla e-Richmond Hill.
- Ukupaka : Zama ukupaka ngesitalato esecaleni phakathi koKhuseleko kunye neAtlantic, kufuphi neSmokey Oval Park, okanye kwenye i-Atlantic. Ukupaka ngokukhululeka akuyona inketho. Ngomso ukufumana indawo kuya kuba nzima kakhulu, ukuba kungekhona ukukhwaza kwentloko.
- Inqanawa : I-Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard kwiLibonty Avenue. Hamba empumalanga ngokukhululeka.
- Ibhasi : Q8, Q10, Q41, kunye neQ112
Yintoni iPagwa?
I-Phagwah ibhiyozo likaHoli , umthendeleko wamaHindu . Abantu base-Indo-Caribbean abafuduka eGuyana naseTrinidad bazisa umkhosi kwiQueens, beqala umkhosi we-1990.
Ingqungquthela yoluntu ngokuqhelekileyo. Izikhukhula zithwala abadlali abanamakhono, abashishini, kunye neenkokheli zezopolitiko phantsi kwe-Liberty Avenue kunye no-Smokey Oval Park, apho kukho ikhonsathi.
Ukwahluka kukubomvu obomvu, obomvu, oonorgan, kunye nohlaza oluhlaza kunye neempuphu ezizalisa umoya kwaye zambethe iimpahla ezimhlophe zabanqabileyo.
ISigqeba soKhuseleko kunye nombala
Emva kwe-9/11 abanye babesaba ukuba imibhiyozo yePagwagwa, ingakumbi kunye ne powder, ingaba yinto ekujoliswe kuyo. Ngombulelo, i-parade ayizange iphazamiseke.
Kuye kube yimihla ekhuselekile, yolonwabo.
Ingxaki kuphela yilabo abafuna ukugcina iimpahla zabo zicocekile. Nangona uhlala ngasemva kwendlela, kuyaqheleka ukuba udaye udibanise kwiingubo zakho. Yaye ukuba uthe wangena kwisitrato, unomdlalo ococekileyo onabantwana abane-super-soakers abazele idayi ebomvu.
Imigaqo yeParade esemthethweni
I-parade ilawula ngokweKomiti yeParade yeParade:
- Akukho kusela utywala;
- Akuyi kubakho mkhululi;
- Ubukhulu kunye nedayi zikhawulelwe kwiSmokey Oval Park kunye nendawo yokwenza;
- Iingoma zecawa kuphela (i-Phagwah Iingoma kunye nee-Chowtals) ziya kuculwa;
- Abathathi-nxaxheba kufuneka babe ngaphambili okanye emva kweMilambo, kwaye kungekho kwicala;
- Akukho bhanki yezopolitiko kuvunyelwe kwindlela yeParade okanye kwi-Smokey Oval Park;
- Akukho mntu kufuneka alahle nayiphi na i-abrac okanye i powder kumaPolisa.
Imbali yePagwa
I-Phagwah (kwakhona ipapele i-Phagwa) kukubhiyozelwa kwe-Indo-Caribbean yeholide yamaHindu entwasahlobo eyaziwayo njengeHoli e-Indiya. Yimikhosi yendabuko yamaHindu entwasahlobo kunye nonyaka omtsha wekhalenda yenyanga.
Kwamawaka eminyaka e- Indiya , amaHindu agubha uHoli njengokunqoba kokulungileyo ngaphezu kokubi, kunye nokuhlaziywa kwexesha lezolimo. (Iwele layo eliwela kumnyaka wamaHindu nguDiwali, uMthendeleko weeNkanyiso.) Imithendeleko yasendaweni iyahluka, kwaye imibala ihlala indima enkulu.
IPagwa kwiiCaribbean
AmaNdiya aye aye eCaribbean njengabasebenzi abangenakunyulwa kwikhulu le-19 neyokuqala kwekhulu lama-20 bazisa iholide eGuyana, eSurinam naseTrinidad.
Iholide yanda kwaye yafumana igama elithi Phagwah. EGuyana naseSurinam, iPagwah yaba yiholide ebalulekileyo yelizwe, kwaye wonke umntu wayenomsebenzi emsebenzini.
Ukususela ngowe-1970 abantu abaninzi baseGuyanese bathuthele eUnited States, ngokukodwa kwiRicmond Richmond naseJamaica eQueens, baza baletha isiko lePagwa kwikhaya labo elitsha.
Izibonelelo ezingakumbi kwi-Phagwah neHoli
Iziko leNkcubeko yeRajkumari (718-805-8068) yintlangano yoluntu yaseRichmond enikezelwe ekufundiseni nasekugcineni ubugcisa kunye neenkcubeko zase-Indo-Caribbean e-NYC.
Isikhokelo malunga nesiHindu sinolwazi olungakumbi ngoHoli.